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Talks between Sri Lanka and its international bondholders will seek common ground on how much of a hit should be incurred by domestic banks and holders of debt of the country's state-owned enterprises (SOEs), two sources with direct knowledge said.The post Sri Lanka bondholders talks focus on state enterprise debt, domestic banks – sources appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breakin...
- Global investors and Sri Lanka officials set for second round of Bond Restructuring talks (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka bondholders sent $12 billion debt rework proposal to government, sources say (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka aims to have $2.9 billion IMF loan finalised in December (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka debt restructuring stumbles as government rejects bondholders’ proposal (Category: Breaking News)
The government has decided to recall retired doctors and specialists for service on contract basis, Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella says.
The SriLankan Airlines says it has already obtained the approval of the Government of Sri Lanka to recruit foreign pilots.The post SriLankan Airlines obtains Government’s approval to recruit foreign pilots appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- SriLankan obtains govt s approval to recruit foreign pilots (Category: Breaking News)
- Turbulence ahead: Airline on the block in Sri Lanka reforms (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabinet nod to lease up to 11 aircraft for SriLankan (Category: Breaking News)
- SriLankan Airlines says paid interest on US$ 175 million bond after sovereign debt default (Category: Breaking News)
The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Energy and Transport has held a discussion focusing on the recruitment of students of the Ceylon-German Technical Training Institute to address the shortage of technicians in the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB), during a special meeting which took place recently.
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- Overstressing The Proposed Truth & Reconciliation Commission (Category: Breaking News)
- From Demand For Systems Change To Systems Break (Category: Breaking News)
- Time For Truth Come Out (Category: Breaking News)
- The Missing Ingredients To Come Out Of The Economic Rut (Category: Breaking News)
The Government Family Health Services Association stresses that the country s maternal and child health service is at risk of collapsing as a result of the prevailing shortage of Family Health Service officers.
- More doctors should specialize in judicial medicine & anaesthesiology (Category: Breaking News)
- State health leaders sounding the alarm (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- Vaccinations within Black communities are down in Mississippi, state says (Category: USA, Mississippi)
- 5 reasons to prioritize better sleep in 2021 - CNET (Category: Technology)
The Director General of Health Services, Dr. Asela Gunawardena emphasizes that the statements made by several parties that there is a shortage of contact lenses within hospitals across the country including the National Eye Hospital in Colombo are not true.
By Shamindra Ferdinando The rebel SLPP group yesterday (04) urged the ruling SLPP not to protect Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella at the vote on no-faith motion against the Kandy District lawmaker. Secretary General of Parliament Kushani Rohanadeera said the vote would be held on Friday (08) following a three-day debate, commencing on Wednesday (06). SLPP National […]
- Opposition: Parliament prorogued to derail finance committee probes (Category: Breaking News)
- GL mocks President’s claim of presiding over only country in Asia where democracy is completely ... (Category: Breaking News)
- GL: Cost of living intolerable, street protests inevitable (Category: Breaking News)
- Prez would not have taken on judiciary without SLPP’s backing – GL (Category: Breaking News)
Monday 4th September, 2023 Sri Lankans with a predilection for gratuitous violence or wanton brutality no longer have to spend money to watch western gangster movies. Local television news bulletins are full of actual scenes of violence; they are in fact scarier than taut Hollywood thrillers such as Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. Sicarios of local gangsters […]
- Litro Gas turning a profit after years - Chairman (Category: Breaking News)
- No gas distribution tomorrow as well - Litro (Category: Breaking News)
- Domestic LP gas cylinders not distributed tomorrow as well (Category: Breaking News)
- No distribution of domestic LP gas tomorrow - Litro (Category: Breaking News)
By Shamindra Ferdinando Two specialist doctors, Ajith Amarasinghe and Nilupul Perera, on behalf of the Eksath Janaraja Peramuna, have urged all MPs to sink their difference and vote for the no-faith motion against Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella. Addressing the media at the party office, they emphasised that if the no-faith motion was passed that would […]
- SJB punching above its weight (Category: Breaking News)
- SJB Leader wants action against not only Rambukwella but also 113 MPs who defeated no-faith motion (Category: Breaking News)
- Power of the corrupt (Category: Breaking News)
- A binary choice (Category: Breaking News)
The QR code based National Fuel Pass system will be discontinued in Sri Lanka with effect from today (September 01).The post Sri Lanka to discontinue QR code based National Fuel Pass from today (September 01) appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka started issuing fuel only for National Fuel Pass holders from today (August 1) (Category: Breaking News)
- National Fuel Pass: Implementation from July 26 – Only QR code based service from August 01 (Category: Breaking News)
- Refuelling according to the National Fuel Pass further delayed (Category: Breaking News)
- Fuel quota to be increased from Tuesday (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka's key inflation rate eased to 4% in August from 6.3% a month ago, the statistics department said on Thursday, marking continued stabilisation for the crisis-ridden economy.The post Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 4% in August appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate rises to 1.5% in October (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank to consider a single policy rate mechanism (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate surges to record, keeps central bank pressured (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s key inflation rate eases to 35.3% in April (Category: Breaking News)
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference (CBCSL) in Sri Lanka yesterday appealed to the government to grant relief to the poor. CBCSL in a statement signed by its President Rt. Rev. Dr. Harold Anthony Perera and Secretary Rt. Rev. Dr. J.D. Anthony Jayakody said that many people were on the brink of starvation while there seemd to […]
- Easter attacks- Sri Lanka Catholic Church hails SC order on five including Sirisena (Category: Breaking News)
- Church protests arrest of Indian nun (Category: Breaking News)
- Catholic Bishops Conference urges govt. to uphold constitution democracy (Category: Breaking News)
- Channel 4 broadcasts controversial exposé on 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
H.J.M Seneviratne, 63, slices through yellowed paddy stems dried out by a drought that has destroyed over 95% of his crop and is threatening crisis-hit Sri Lanka's summer rice harvest.The post Drought dents Sri Lanka’s economic hopes, farmers’ livelihood appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Paddy farmers’ problems (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka may halt rice imports to maintain farmgate paddy prices: Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Bumper paddy harvest and the consumer (Category: Business)
- Substituting Rice For Malt (Category: Breaking News)
By Ifham Nizam The Kattakaduwa Reservoir, which supplies water to the people in Ranna, was drying up due to the ongoing drought and would be able to provide water for only two or three days, officials said. Some 12,500 families dependent on this scheme are facing serious drinking water shortage
- Releasing water from Samanalawewa to Udawalawe reservoir underway (Category: Breaking News)
- Six sluice gates of Deduru Oya reservoir opened due to heavy rain (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister to brief Cabinet on severe crop damage in Angunakolapelessa (Category: Breaking News)
- Farmers call off Satyagraha campaign demanding water for cultivation (Category: Breaking News)
KARACHI: Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities rose by 29 percent to Rs77.1 trillion in the fiscal year that ended on June 30, the central bank said on Wednesday, as the government borrowed heavily to finance its spending requirements. At the end of the last fiscal year, the country’s debt and liabilities, including domestic and foreign, […]
- Pakistan’s debt, liabilities soar to Rs 56.21 trillion in FY23 (Category: Breaking News)
- As economic situation looks gloomy in Pakistan, IMF advises strict measures (Category: Breaking News)
- Despite squeezing people, govt projects record high deficit (Category: Breaking News)
- Boom in bank borrowings to bridge Budget deficit (Category: Business)
50 more types of drugs will be imported to Sri Lanka within the next two weeks to control shortage of medicine to some extent, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health said.The post 50 more types of drugs to be imported to Sri Lanka within the next two weeks appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka
- All life saving drugs available – Health Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Special Commodity Levy on imported potatoes increased (Category: Breaking News)
- Anaesthetic from India blamed for two deaths at Peradeniya Hospital (Category: Breaking News)
- Over 78,000 narcotic pills seized, One suspect arrested (Category: Breaking News)
By Ramnath Reghunadhan During July-August 2023, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was hit by heavy rainfall and devastating floods, caused by the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, which saw widespread destruction of many cities in the country’s northern as well as southern regions. The flooding was the result of what is considered to be the […]
- Flooding affects property values (Category: Breaking News)
- An end to the flooding menace (Category: Business)
- Colombo facelift kicks off (Category: Business)
- Rains flood Colombo roads (Category: Business)
The government will continue to import eggs as the move helped ease the shortage in the local market, the State Trade Corporation (STC) says.
By Ifham Nizam The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) yesterday assured that despite the prevailing difficult weather conditions, it would not burden consumers with another electricity tariff revision. The CEB also said that the generation of thermal power, on a daily basis, had been increased to 64 percent from 30 percent. “We are facing difficult conditions […]
- Orwellian Isle Ordeals (Category: Breaking News)
- Message from a Cell Death (Category: Breaking News)
- Post-Match Melancholia (Category: Breaking News)
- Empire’s Enchantment (Category: Breaking News)
Thuesday 22nd August, 2023 No sooner had the Indian government announced its decision to impose a 40% tax on onion exports to overcome a shortfall in the domestic supply than Sri Lankan traders jacked up onion prices exponentially. They would not have reacted so swiftly to a drop in onion prices in the international market. […]
- Agriculture Minister calls for immediate report on big onion cultivation (Category: Breaking News)
- Pesticide resistant insect destroys onion cultivation in Jaffna peninsula (Category: Breaking News)
- Rice morning , noon ,and night in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Govt. all hat no cattle (Category: Breaking News)
Govt. urged to recruit teachers as national priority By Saman Indrajith Teachers of English, Mathematics, and Information Technology are among those who are migrating in large numbers, the JVP-led Ceylon Teacher Services Union (CTSU) has said, adding that around 5,000 teachers have left the country during the past nine months alone. CTSU General Secretary Mahinda […]
- Some teachers bid adieu to sari (Category: Breaking News)
- Teachers to Learn Foreign Languages (Category: Breaking News)
- Teachers to be Sensitive (Category: Breaking News)
- Education Ministry s Teacher Transfer Board dissolved (Category: Breaking News)
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- Kurundi: A Runway To ’56? (Category: Breaking News)
- Incubating, Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Unthinking Nation (Category: Breaking News)
- Incubating Again: Response To Tisaranee Gunasekara (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) on Thursday (17) granted approval for purchasing 100MW of electricity from the private sector on a short-term basis.The approval of PUCSL has been granted to the transmission licensee under section 43(4)(c)(ii) of Sri Lanka Electricity Act No.20 of 2009 (as amended). The Ceylon Electricity […]
- PUCSL nod given for 66% hike in electricity tariff from yesterday (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed power tariffs increase put off for next week (Category: Breaking News)
- Three-hour power cuts on Aug 20 21 (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL tells CEB not to request approval for power cuts until Feb. 17 (Category: Breaking News)
By Saman Indrajith Sri Lanka would face a severe drinking water problem in the coming years and the government must launch a programme to address it, Dr. Meththika Vithanage, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura told the media yesterday in Colombo. Climate change would be the main reason for water scarcity and the […]
- ADB funds water reforms project (Category: Breaking News)
- Irrigation Dept. has water only for current cultivation season (Category: Breaking News)
- 15 percent jump in pipe-borne water use –– NWSDB (Category: Breaking News)
- NWSDB assures continuous water supply to Colombo and suburbs unless May rains fail (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka expects the first review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in September to be successful. State Minister of Finance Shehan Semasinghe said that the IMF will assess the programme’s performance until the end of June. “We welcome the IMF team in Sri Lanka for the first review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) […]
- Sri Lanka confident of reaching Staff Level deal with IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka to continue talks with bondholders (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka yet to finalise restructuring domestic debt (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF wants Sri Lanka to provide more relief to the poor (Category: Breaking News)
The Disaster Management Centre (DMC) together with the National Disaster Relief Services Centre has taken steps to distribute drinking water to 52 Divisional Secretariat Divisions within 15 districts using water bowsers as a temporary solution to the drinking water shortage that has arisen
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- Shortages: Water supplies in crisis (Category: Technology)
- Regional beauty winners (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Water infection fixed for now (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
Sri Lanka’s largest bilateral creditor, China, has assured the island nation its help in effectively addressing the debt challenges as it has to finalise the external and domestic debt restructuring of a whopping USD 41 billion by September before the IMF’s first review. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to conduct its first review […]
- Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring likely to be complete by September – IMF (Category: Breaking News)
- China only observer in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring platform (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects major debt restructuring deals as IMF to review bailout - report (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka must avoid China’s debt restructuring as Beijing is to seek preferential treatment (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka children will have to learn Hindi and Chinese in the future to fit into the changing world, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday (August 16).The post Sri Lanka Children will have to learn Hindi and Chinese in the future – President appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
- Measures to promote English as a national language (Category: Breaking News)
- India Is Over The Moon, Ranil Wants Sri Lankan Children Taught Hindi & Chinese (Category: Breaking News)
- Taking language education forward (Category: Breaking News)
- President attends investment, trade and tourism forum hosted at the Sri Lanka Embassy in Beijing (Category: Breaking News)
A severe shortage of staff at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), at Mulleriyawa, had affected both workers and patients, Dr. Dhammika Wijesinghe, Director of NIMH, said on Wednesday during a televised interview. She said that there were about 1,100 patients at the NIMH. “
- Mental illness strikes one in ten Lankans: NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka establishes a separate mental health unit to treat abused women (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
- Airtel launches 1926 mental health chat-line together with NIMH (Category: Breaking News)
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